BEd Bachelor of Education Literacy and Language Arts Instruction 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which reading component refers to a student's ability to read text accurately, quickly, and with appropriate expression?
- Phonemic awareness
- Reading fluency (Correct answer)
- Vocabulary
- Reading comprehension
Correct answer: Reading fluency
Reading fluency is the ability to read with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression, serving as a bridge between decoding and comprehension.
Question 2: The 'Simple View of Reading' model proposes that reading comprehension is the product of:
- Vocabulary knowledge and background knowledge
- Decoding and linguistic comprehension (Correct answer)
- Phonics instruction and sight word memory
- Oral language ability and print motivation
Correct answer: Decoding and linguistic comprehension
The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986) states that reading comprehension equals decoding ability multiplied by linguistic comprehension.
Question 3: Phonemic awareness differs from phonics instruction in that phonemic awareness:
- Involves connecting sounds to written letters
- Is exclusively an oral and auditory skill with no print component (Correct answer)
- Focuses on reading multisyllabic words
- Requires knowledge of spelling rules
Correct answer: Is exclusively an oral and auditory skill with no print component
Phonemic awareness is a purely auditory skill involving the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words, without reference to print.
Question 4: A teacher who teaches students to use context clues, word parts (roots, prefixes, suffixes), and reference materials is focusing on which reading component?
- Phonological awareness
- Vocabulary development (Correct answer)
- Text structure analysis
- Reading fluency
Correct answer: Vocabulary development
Teaching context clues and morphemic analysis (word parts) are evidence-based vocabulary development strategies that build word knowledge.
Question 5: The National Reading Panel (2000) identified five essential components of reading instruction. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Spelling (Correct answer)
- Vocabulary
Correct answer: Spelling
The five components identified by the National Reading Panel are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension — spelling was not listed as a distinct component.
Question 6: Structured Literacy instruction is grounded in which approach to teaching reading?
- Whole language
- Balanced literacy
- Science of reading and explicit, systematic phonics (Correct answer)
- Guided reading leveled texts
Correct answer: Science of reading and explicit, systematic phonics
Structured Literacy is based on the science of reading and uses explicit, systematic, sequential phonics instruction to teach decoding and encoding skills.
BEd Bachelor of Education Literacy and Language Arts Instruction 1
Which reading component refers to a student's ability to read text accurately, quickly, and with appropriate expression?